Natural disasters
By: Lee Davis
Edition: New ed.
Series: Facts on File science library
Publisher: Facts On File
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9780816070008
Subjects: Natural disasters
Description: Discusses more than five hundred natural calamities that have devastated humanity and changed history, including hurricanes, earthquakes, famines and droughts, floods, plagues and epidemics, and volcanic eruptions. Simultaneous.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-432) and index.
Table of contents: title: Avalanches and landslides; title: Earthquakes; title: Famines and droughts; title: Floods; title: Plagues and epidemics; title: Cyclones; title: Hurricanes; title: Icestorms and snowstorms; title: Tornadoes; title: Storms; title: Typhoons; title: Volcanic eruptions and natural explosions.